Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Chesterfield Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
558 approved · 672 refused · 250 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Jan 2013 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Chesterfield And North Derbyshire Royal Hospital Chesterfield Road Calow S44 5BL
Received 8 Aug 2018Dunston Hole Farm Unnamed Road Accessing Dunston Hall And Hole Farm Chesterfield S41 9RL
Received 8 Aug 20181 Elkstone Road Holme Hall Chesterfield S40 4UT
Received 8 Aug 2018Dunston Hole Farm Unnamed Road Accessing Dunston Hall And Hole Farm Chesterfield S41 9RL
Received 8 Aug 2018392 Ashgate Road Chesterfield S40 4DD
Received 9 Aug 2018Land To North Of 36 Bellhouse Lane Staveley Derbyshire
Received 9 Aug 201831 Little Brind Road Upper Newbold Derbyshire S41 8XW
Received 9 Aug 2018Land Surrounding 146 To 152 Hady Lane Hady Lane Hady Derbyshire
Received 18 Sept 20182 Hazel Drive Walton S40 3EN
Received 9 Aug 2018Newbold Surgery 3 Windermere Road Newbold S41 8DU
Received 9 Aug 2018Car Wash To The Rear Of 34 Chatsworth Road Chesterfield S40 2AQ
Received 10 Aug 201897 Hucknall Avenue Loundsley Green Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4BZ
Received 13 Aug 201811 Beetwell Street Chesterfield S40 1SH
Received 13 Aug 201878 Hady Crescent Hady Derbyshire S41 0EA
Received 13 Aug 201816 Packers Row Chesterfield S40 1RB
Received 13 Aug 20182 New Houses Piccadilly Road Chesterfield S41 0EJ
Received 13 Aug 201817 Hawthorn Way Holme Hall Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 7JS
Received 13 Aug 2018Multi Storey Car Park Saltergate Chesterfield Derbyshire
Received 13 Aug 2018Plot 6 Markham Vale Enterprise Way Duckmanton Derbyshire
Received 10 Aug 201810 Pine View Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DN
Received 14 Aug 20181 Somersall Close Somersall Derbyshire S40 3SG
Received 14 Aug 2018140 Langer Lane Birdholme S40 2JJ
Received 15 Aug 201823 Clumber Place Inkersall Derbyshire S43 3EL
Received 16 Aug 201820 Ardsley Road Ashgate Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 4DG
Received 16 Aug 2018Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Chesterfield Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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